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"ENSTONE, a parish in the hundred of Chadlington, county Oxford, 4 miles S.E. of Chipping Norton. It is situated on the river Glyn, and comprises the hamlets of Church Enstone and Neat Enstone, Chalford, Cleveley, Gagingwell, Lidstone, and Radford. Nearly the whole of the land is arable. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, value £357. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a spacious and substantial structure. There are charitable bequests producing about £70 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school. Lord Dillon is lord of the manor."

[The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Extracts from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003

"CHURCH ENSTONE, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, in the hundred of Chadlington, in the county of Oxford. The parish church is situated in this portion of the village. There are National schools for both sexes."

"CLEVELEY, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, in the hundred of Chadlington, in the county of Oxford, 5 miles N.W. of Woodstock. Neat Enstone is its post town."

"GAGINGWELL, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, hundred of Chadlington, county Oxford, 6 miles N.W. of Woodstock."

"LIDSTONE, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, hundred of Chadlington, county Oxford, 1.5 mile N.W. of Neat Enstone, and 3 miles E. of Chipping Norton. It is situated on the river Glyme."

"NEAT-END-STONE, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, hundred of Chadlington, county Oxford, half a mile S. of Church-Enstone, and 5 miles S.W. of Chipping-Norton. It is sometimes called Road-Enstone, on account of the high road to Birmingham and Worcester passing through it. The waterworks constructed here by Thomas Bushel are now extinct. There is a place of worship for the Methodists."

"RADFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Enstone, hundred of Chadlington, county Oxford, 6 miles N.W. of Woodstock."

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